24th January 2026
We are delighted to welcome a new cohort of CUT Department of Nursing MSc students who have recently started their dissertation projects with the Behavioural Science in Health – BSiH Lab. Their work spans key areas of nursing, midwifery, behavioural science, health psychology, clinical decision-making, vaccination behaviour, digital health, and maternal health, reflecting the Lab’s strong interdisciplinary focus and applied orientation.
Below, we introduce our students and their dissertation projects:
🎓 MSc Intensive and Emergency Nursing
Rubina Panagi
Exploring the relationship between diagnostic adaptability indicators and the consideration of potential diagnoses among medical students: A secondary analysis of data from the eCREST platform
Supervisors: Angelos Kassianos (Main), Ourania Kolokotroni (Second)
Stavros Savva
Trust of primary care physicians towards state and international bodies, the scientific community, pharmaceutical services, and the intention to promote vaccination in their clinical practice
Supervisors: Angelos Kassianos (Main), Laura Panagi (Second)
Constantinos Zaou
Professional role perception and mental resilience as determinants of the promotion of annual vaccination by nurses
Supervisors: Angelos Kassianos (Main), Laura Panagi (Second)
Marianna Moschovaki
Identifying barriers and challenges in vaccination promotion and communication
Supervisors: Angelos Kassianos (Main), Christiana Nikolaou (Second)
🎓 MSc Cardiology Nursing
Maria Savva
Participatory development of a digital tool content to enhance healthy behaviours during the postpartum period: A qualitative focus group study
Supervisors: Angelos Kassianos (Main), Veronica Hadjipanagi (Second)
🎓 MSc in Midwifery
Iliana Theodorou
Investigating the factors that influence women’s choice of planned caesarean section
Supervisors: Angelos Kassianos (Main), Emmanuela Manoli (Second)
These projects highlight the Lab’s commitment to supporting postgraduate research that is methodologically rigorous, socially relevant, and closely connected to real-world healthcare challenges. We are very much looking forward to working with all our students, the great collaborators with whom we co-supervise and to sharing their findings in the months ahead!